Sci Flashcards
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The process in which compacted sediments are bound together to form solid rock through mineral deposition.
Cementation
The process where sediments are pressed together under pressure from overlying deposits.
Compaction
The chemical makeup of a rock, describing the minerals or materials it contains.
Composition
The process where sediment moved by erosion is dropped and comes to rest.
Deposition
The process by which wind, water, and ice transport soil and sediment from one location to another.
Erosion
Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earth’s surface.
Extrusive
Describes the texture of metamorphic rock where mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
Foliated
Type of rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
Igneous
Igneous rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth’s surface.
Intrusive
Rock that has been transformed from one type to another by extreme heat and pressure.
Metamorphic
A solid, inorganic substance of natural occurrence.
Mineral
Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object.
Pressure
A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
Rock
Particles of rock or naturally occurring materials.
Sediment
Type of rock formed from sediments compacting and cementing together.
Sedimentary
The process where a liquid or gaseous substance becomes solid.
Solidification
Layers of rock, often visible in sedimentary formations.
Strata
The process by which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.
Stratification
Describes the feeling of a rock based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of its grains.
Texture
The process of wind, water, and ice breaking down rock into smaller particles.
Weathering
